Category: Campus

Conservative Anti-Intellectualism on Campus

A recent editorial in Princeton University’s most conservative publication, the Daily Princetonian, predictably dismisses all of the demands made by the Black Justice League during the recent protests against racism on campus. But what is surprising, not to mention embarrassing for the University, is the anti-intellectualism expressed by the editorial board members.

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Princewatch

The Prince’s problem with reporting suicide.

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The Disenchantment of The Magician’s Land

When I explained the class “ENG 210: Princeton University Reads” to my mom over the phone after registering for courses, she responded, “That sounds like an expensive book club.”

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Princeton Lives, Princeton Wives

I decided to figure out what it is about Princeton that made so many couples want to get married here.

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Z A C H C O H E N & HIS DEAD PETZ

Imagining life in college through Miley’s wild career changes.

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Drag Fraud

It is important to clarify immediately that wearing drag does not equate with being trans: drag is a gender-related expression, not an expression of gender.

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Please, No, Thank You

At Princeton, lunch is a mechanized process that goes something like this:

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Princeton’s Ten Hottest Freshmen

What follows is an unranked list of ten of the most beautiful freshmen at Princeton, as chosen by us and based on a survey of approximately four upperclassmen girls.

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My Own Private Princeton

During Reading Period of freshman spring, I developed a strange study habit.

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Rites of Productivity

The event was titled “My English Major and My Career,” and if you could get past the clunkiness, I suppose the name was probably meant to be reassuring—the suggestion being that having the former doesn’t preclude you from having the latter.

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Education as Spectacle

The second day of school was harder than expected. After purchasing my freakishly heavy textbooks from Labyrinth and grabbing a cup of coffee, I figured it was time to plan out the rest of my afternoon. First order of business: take a nap. Second order of business: at least try to print out the problem set due in two days.

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Rose Hips and Judgment in Hermeneutics

Walking down Nassau Street last Wednesday towards my home on Bank Street, I passed a tall young man wearing short shorts and speaking French to a shorter young man wearing short shorts. The tall man had a red tote bag slung over his shoulder. I had no choice but to follow him.

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